Test List Settings

  • In the Standalone version: On the Test List tab, highlight a test list and click the Edit Settings button in the Edit ribbon.
  • In the VS plugin: Double click Local.testsettings under Solution Items in the Solution Explorer.

 


Standalone version
VS plugin

 

Note: To create a Test Settings file in Visual Studio, right click Solution Items and select Add > New Item. Click Test Settings under Installed Templates, customize the name if desired, then click Add.

 

This opens a dialog box that shows all of the possible configuration settings for that test list. Change the settings as needed for your test list.

 


Standalone version
VS plugin

General

  • Annotation
    • AnnotateExecution - whether to highlight and annotate the target element that the current action is being executed against.
    • AnnotationMode - the annotation mode when annotation is enabled.
  • Desktop
    • SimulatedMouseMoveSpeed - the simulated mouse move speed for Desktop.Mouse.Move() / DragDrop() operations in pixels/msec.
  • Execution
    • ClientReadyTimeout - the timeout, in msec., to wait for a client to be ready after initial launch and after executing a command.
    • DisableDialogMonitoring - whether to disable handling of dialog windows.
    • ElementWaitTimeout - the global wait on elements timeout used during execution. Default is 10 seconds.
    • ExecuteCommandTimeout - the timeout, in msec., to wait for a command request to execute.
    • ExecutionDelay - the length of execution delay, in msec., to insert between commands.
    • UnexpectedDialogAction - specifies the action that the DialogMonitor should take when it encounters unexpected dialogs.
    • WaitCheckInterval - the wait interval, in msec., to use between checks for all the Wait.For methods.
    • XMultiMgr - whether to use WebAii 1.1 style connections.
  • Log
    • CreateLogFile - whether to create a log file on disk.
    • LogAnnotations - whether to log annotations to the log file.
    • LogLocation - the location where to perform the logging.
    • QueryEventLogErrorsOnExit - whether to query the event log on manager exit for any error logged from automation clients.

Web

  • ASP.NET
    • AspNetDevServerPort - the ASP.NET development server port to use, if enabled. If set to -1, a random port is generated each time the manager is created.
    • LocalWebServer - the local web server to use. When set to AspNetDevelopmentServer, the ASP.NET development server is started.
    • WebAppPhysicalPath - the path to the application to test when running under the ASP.NET development server.
  • Browser
    • Browser - the default browser to launch.
    • EnableUILessRequestViewing - whether to allow debugging of UILess page requests using a UI browser, like IE.
    • KillBrowserProcessOnClose - whether to kill the browser process when closing the browser.
    • RecycleBrowser - when set to true, one instance of the browser is launched and recycled throughout all tests under Manager.Dispose is called.
  • HttpProxy
    • UseHttpProxy - whether to use the built-in HTTP proxy during automation. Enabling Silverlight will automatically enable the HTTP proxy.
  • Log
    • EnableScriptLogging - whether to enable script logging.
    • VerboseHttpProxy - whether the HTTP proxy produces a high level of tracing output.
  • MultiBrowser Execution
    • ExecutingBrowsers - Select the browsers against which you will execute the test list. Supported in Test Studio Standalone version only.
  • Navigation
    • BaseUrl - The BaseURL to use for all NavigateTo commands. When set, NavigateTo steps should use a relative URL (i.e. "~/default.aspx").
  • Silverlight
    • EnableSilverlight - whether to enable Silverlight automation. Enabling Silverlight will automatically enable the HTTP proxy.
    • SilverlightApplicationPath - the web address or local directory from which to load a Silverlight application.
    • SilverlightConnectTimeout - the amount of time to wait for a Silverlight application to load before timing out.

Wpf

  • Misc
    • DefaultApplicationPath - represents the default application path for WPF tests.